FICTIONAL TRAINING FILE - The City of Fernhollow, its staff, residents and data are invented for the CPS HR Microsoft 365 Copilot workshop. Do not use real work data.

THE COPILOT VALIDATION CARD
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From the workshop deck by Dr. Frank Olmos, Ed.D., DFO HR Consulting

Before using an AI answer, check where it came from, whether it is correct, what might be missing, and who has authority to decide.
  | ____ | Check | Ask yourself |
  | S | Source | Can I trace it? |
  | V | Verified | Did I open the names, dates, and numbers? |
  | C | Context | What is missing? |
  | R | Resilient | Would it hold for a different reader or an exception? |
  | A | Authority | Is this a requirement or a suggestion? |

Worked example: Copilot says the deadline is 7 days. An email announced 7; the approved procedure says 5. Confirm which controls before you communicate it.

Every exercise follows this path
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Prompt -> Ground -> Generate -> Verify -> Refine -> Decide

Four words that stay separate
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  - Decision: agreed by someone with authority.
  - Proposal: suggested, not yet agreed.
  - Owner: a person who accepted the task.
  - Target: a hoped-for date, not a commitment.
